Toy



' H. NURDMARK;

' TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 20. 1920. RENEWED on. 24. 1921.

Patented May 9, 1922.

u fii 9 o a oo H b a Q N f f f m v M g ,5 INVENTOR. 0 v H/Yordmdrk 1 BY W ll L 7 %Y$ UNlT HERMAN NORDMARK; or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF T0 THoMAs'J.

JOHNSON, or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs. j

Application filed April '20, 1920, Serial No. 375,351.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN NORDMARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful .l fmprovements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a toy comprising a movablemember which, in the present instance, is a model of an aeroplane and which is arranged to be suspended from an elevated track and moved along the same.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description of the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure l is a-top plan view of the lnvention partly broken away.

' Fig.2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary end elevation of the invention.

In the drawings an elevated track is showncomprising a vertically disposed annular rim 1 arranged to have flanged wheels of a movable carriage positioned over the upper' and lower edges of therim. This annular rim is supported'by cross arms 2 and 8, preferably, arrangedadjacent the respective ends of an elongated annulus formed by the track. 7

The inner adjacent ends of arms .2 and 3 areconnected to an end support shown as formed of a strip bent midway of the length thereof to form the supporting rods f and ,5 to which the respective arms 2 and 3 are connected. The lower ends of the supporting rods of the respective end standards are mounted upon a suitable base 6 .extending g beneath the entire toy. Bracing rods 7 and 8, preferably, extend from the outer ends of the arms 2 and 3 to the top of the supporting standard which, preferably, extends above the plane of the supporting arms 2 and 3, as shown at 9. The inner ends of the brace arms 7 and 8 are, preferably, spaced apart and terminate in upwardly. extendlng parallel flanges 10 and 11 in which a contact rod 12is adapted to .be received. TlllS contact rod extends lengthwise of the elon'-- gated annulus formed by thetrack of'the toy from one of the supporting standards Specification of metals Patent.

end of the suspending arm 16 being,pref er- Renewed October 24, 1921. Serial No.- 510,101.

A contact arm carriedby the movable member of the toy moving along the annular'track'is arranged to-make sliding contact with the contact rod 12, the ends of the latter, for this purpose, preferably, extending slightly beyond the supporting arms 2 and 3 and having its ends formed as loops.- -15,,as clearly shown in Fig. '1, in order to maintain contact between the arml of the ,movable carriage and'the' contact rod as the movable carriage moves around the curved ends of the elongated annular track.

The movable j ca-rriage arranged to move along the track thus formed is shown as c omprlsing a frame having the base 16 and Kpwardly extending side plates 17 and 18.

.suspending arm 19 .is' shown supported from the base 16 ofthe carriage. This suspending'arm is, preferably, arranged at one .s 1de of the long tudinal center of the movable carriage through a portion ofitslength in order to provide forthe positioning of the wheels of the carriage in the plane of the longltudinal center of the carriage, the

3 ably, inwardly bent so that its supporting '.,connection 20. with the figure toy carried thereby ,isapproximately in the plane of the longitudinal center of the movable carriage.

'lhe'toy suspended from the arm 19 at the connection 20 is shown, in the present instance, asa model of anaeroplane 21, it being obvious, however, that any 1 desired toy may be thus suspended.

The wheels of the carriage are arranged to respectively fit over the upper; and lower edges ofthe 1 ofjthe track'and are 2 'shown' at22 and 23.

shown as ea'ch having spaced side flanges '24 fitting'over theside edges of the rim- 1, the'center, portions of the rims of the wheels between the flangesresting against the edges of the rim. The wheel 22 at the upper edge of thefrim 1 is shown as fast upon-a shaft 2 ,-.P e b1y, arm 19 j at one side of the wheel, and in a bracket 26: attheopposite side'of the wheel,-

j ournaled in the. suspending These wheels are Patented May 9,1922.

I end, as shown at 11.

An electricalconnection is provided bethe shaft of the wheel being extended outwardly beyond the suspending arm 19 and being provided with a driving connection from the carriage of the toy.

The wheel 23 is, preferably, journaled upon a stub shaft 27 projecting from the suspending arm 19, the parts being so positioned that the wheel 23 will move along the lower edge of the rim 1. The movable carriage of the toy when mounted upon the rim of the track, as just described, is held in vertical position by the engagement of the flanges of the wheels 22 and 23 against the opposite side edges of the rim of the track, the equilibrium of the movable carriage being maintained by the weight of the toy 21 suspended therefrom beneath the track and supported in the plane of the longitudinal center of the movable carriage, as previously described.

The driving connection for the shaft of the wheel 22 may comprise a sprocket chain 28 moving over a sprocket wheel 29 fixed upon the shaft 25 and, preferably, arranged outside of the side plate 17 ofthe movable carriage. At its opposite end this sprocket chain is received over-a sprocket wheel 30 fixed upon a shaft 31 extending across the movable carriage and, preferably, j ournaled in the side plates 17 and 18 thereof adjacent the upper end of the carriage. This shaft is, preferably, driven by a small electrical motor, the armature of which, represented at 32, is fast upon the shaft 31 and the field of which, comprising the side members 33 and 3 1- arranged at opposite sides of the armature 32 and the central connecting portion 35 for the side members, is, preferably supported within the movable carriage as from a supporting bracket 36 to which the central portion 35 of the field of the motor is suitably secured.

Electrical current is supplied to the contact rod 12 and from thence is supplied to the motor of the movable carriage through a contact arm 37 extending laterally from the carriage and arranged to rest upon the contact rod at its outer end in order to make electrical contact therewith. This contact arm may be secured to the side plate 18 of the movable carriage as by a suitable bolt 38, electrical insulating blocks 39 being provided between this bolt and the side plate of the carriage.

In order to insure a good electrical contact between arm 37 and rod 12 at all times, a spring 39 is, preferably, arranged to draw the outer end of arm 37 down against the contact rod 12, the spring for this purpose being shown as connected at its opposite ends to the movable carriage below the contact arm 37, as shown at 10, and to the outer end of the contact arm at its opposite arness tween the bolt 3o which is in electrical contact with arm 37 and the field of the motor upon the movable carriage as by a wire 42, the opposite side of the winding of the field of the motor being connected by a wire 43 to one side of the usual brushes id for supplying current to the armature of the motor, and the opposite terminal of said brushes being grounded upon the frame of the toy as by a wire 45.

The current supplied to the contact. rod 12 may be through a wire l6 suitably electrically connected. thereto, the other side of the circuit through the toy being completed by a wire ll" suitably grounded upon the frame of the toy. The circuit through the motor of the toy will thus be through the wire 46, contact rod 12, contact arm 37 and thence through wire 42, the field of the motor, wire 13, the armature of the motor, wire 45 tothe frame of the toy and thence through Wire a? back tothe source of electrical energy. A suitable controlling switch, not shown,

may be provided in this circuit at any convenient point By the constructions set forth the movable v:arriage of the toy and the toy suspended therefrom are arranged to be moved around the annular track of the-toy through the driving wheel 22 driven by the motor mounted upon the movable carriage as long the controlling switch for the electrical circuit, as above described, remains closed, the starting and stopping of the toy being readily controlled by said switch.

V a rious changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed l Vhat is claimed is:

1. In an electric toy, an elevated track having substantially parallel elongated portions, the ends of which are connected by curved portions, a carriage movable upon said track, a toy figuresuspended fromsaid" carriage, a driving motor on the carriage, an electric conductor arranged between and occupying a position substantially parallel with the parallel portions of the track and a member projecting from the carriage and adapted to contact with said conductor.

2. In an electric toy, the combination with a continuous track having substantially parallel portions throughout the greater portion of its length, of a carriage movable upon said track, a toy figure suspended 'from said carriage, a driving motor on said carriage, a single conductor positioned between and extending throughout the length of the parallel portions of the track and a member projecting from the carriage and adapted to make electrical contact with said conductor.

3. The combination with an elongated annular track, of an electrical contact strip extending along the longitudinal medial line of said annular track, a carriage movable frames, of outwardly extending arms thereon, an elevated elongated annular track supported by said arms, an electrical contact strip supported by said end frames and extending along the longitudinal medial line of said annular track, a carriage arranged to move along said track, a toy suspended from said carriage below said track, a driving motor in the frame of the carriage above sald track, and an electrical contact arm projecting from said frame and arranged to engage said contact strlp.

5. The combination with an elevated track having a vertical rim, of a motor support ing frame, a motor on said frame, wheels having spaced side flanges ournaled on said frame and arranged to engage the upper and lower edges of said rim with said flanges at opposite sides of the rim, a driving connection between said motor and one of said wheels, and a'figure toy suspendedfrom said frame below said wheels.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

NORDMARK. 

